The World Health Organization (WHO) released the Global Status Report on Road Safety 2013, which highlights that road traffic injuries are a global health and development problem. This Status Report presents information on road safety from 182 countries, accounting for almost 99% of the world’s population. It indicates that worldwide the total number of road traffic deaths remains unacceptably high at 1.24 million per year.
This WHO Global Status Report is accompanied by detailed background road safety data and information for in the 182 WHO countries:
– World Road Safety Basic Data
– Global Road Safety Infographics
